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Emergency personnel respond to an accident in Limerick that occurred on New Year's Eve.

LIMERICK — A West Newfield man is facing an OUI charge following a crash on New Year’s Eve.

At approximately 11:12 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 31, York County Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Cyr observed a pickup truck heading northbound on Route 5 in Limerick at a high rate of speed. According to Major William King, Jr., of the sheriff’s department, Cyr pulled out of his parking place and started to follow the truck, which continued at high speed.

Cyr encountered the truck several miles down Route 5, where he observed as it reportedly recklessly passed another vehicle on a corner. The operator of the truck, Brian Roberts, 36, of West Newfield, allegedly lost control of his 2008 Toyota Tacoma and it flipped onto its side, King said. Roberts was entrapped.

The accident occurred near Alpha Sports on Route 5.

Roberts, the sole occupant of the vehicle, suffered non-life threatening injuries in the crash. Limerick Rescue transported him to Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford.

Roberts has been charged with operating a vehicle while under the Influence (OUI) and is scheduled to appear in Springvale District Court.